A diatribe against Generation Z by DeathOfATragedy, literature
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A diatribe against Generation Z
WARNING: Not for the faint of heart... or faint of logic. Remember: this is just my perspective. This is as real as it gets. So why a prose about what we call Gen Z? Why not on the "millennials", the "baby boomers" or even the "silent" generation of the 1930s-1940s? Because the problems, in my opinion, are more apparent today, especially in the current context of hypercapitalism. First of all, the greatest scourge that invades today's youth is the overconsumption of social media. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. Social media has allowed us to develop our creativity, our communication, our ability to make connections that previously could not be thought of and to create important networks in everyday life. That's a fact. Without wishing to appear hypocritical, I also consume them, in particular YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram for professional, artistic, cultural and personal purposes... without however publishing ten million selfies and endless